America keeps trying to get me to go to her birthday party and I’m like no girl u need to go to the hospital

Brand new in our Bandcamp store: "Caveat Imperator", a previously unheard 67-minute aircheck of Firesign riffing on KPPC in 1969! firesigntheatre.bandcamp.com/album/caveat...

Caveat Imperator: Live on KPPC 1969, by The Firesign Theatre

16 track album

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"Here's a new game—J'Accuse: From France comes this popular favorite in which The People (Jan Murray) tries to kill all the guest aristocrats without dropping a stitch of laughter. This week's guests: Barbara Bobo, Adam Thigh, Willie Pep, and Whittaker Chambers" www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5hO...

The T.V. Glide

YouTube video by The Firesign Theatre - Topic

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Review of Jeremy Braddock's "Firesign" in latest issue of New York Review of Books: www.nybooks.com

Hello, I was looking for a copy of "Pedicure as a Way of Life" by Martha Throat?

Was reminded the other day that the barely-recognizable processed voices for the pilot and the bombardier in this game were Phil Austin and Phil Proctor of the Firesign Theatre. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM1E...

B-17 Bomber Intellivision Intellivoice Game Gameplay

YouTube video by The No Swear Gamer

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New Firesign Theatre reissue on Bandcamp: The Nick Danger Case File 1976-2008 Includes four hours of audio, plus a 32-page booklet with liner notes and extensive photos. Drop that pickle and get on it today! firesigntheatre.bandcamp.com/album/the-ni...

The Nick Danger Case File 1976-2008, by The Firesign Theatre

31 track album

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Buy this and find out where Nick Danger got his theme! www.criterion.com/boxsets/517-...

The visual aid to the Dear Friends episode "Live at the Ash Grove" that we've all been waiting for #CadillacCrushedByWhaleMeat

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Happy 55th Exploding Whale Day! (This was written in 2020 which is why it says 50th, mmkay?)

And he was Lilian Wroth in his extremity

A thing we did not know until this week is that the brilliant Bruce Litz's cover for "Three Faces of Al" does in fact have a wild variety of color going on

As we start into the holiday buying season, we'd like to remind you of our landmark archival release for @firesigntheatre.bsky.social, Dope Humor of the Seventies, available now, on #vinyl, at our website. tinyurl.com/ymd7sk23

STAND UP! RECORDS PRESENTS THE FIRST NEW FIRESIGN THEATRE RECORD IN 35 YEARS, “ DOPE HUMOR OF THE SEVENTIES ” — The Firesign Theatre

Legendary comedy group The Firesign Theatre and Stand Up! Records present a new double-LP compilation, DOPE HUMOR OF THE SEVENTIES : a two-record set including 83 minutes of previously uncollec...

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BUT WAIT, you remember that one Dear Friends show "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Inquisition" from 10/18/1970 that was really good but there was a chunk missing? Any guesses? WHY YES, and here's a link to the restored show, again totally free: archive.org/details/ft-d...

The Firesign Theatre, "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Inquisition" (restored aircheck) : Firesign Theatre : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

The Firesign Theatre presents A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Inquisition, broadcast as part of their radio series Dear Friends on KPFK-FM on...

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And AS IF THAT WEREN'T AWESOME ENOUGH, that open reel also contained "The Sword and the Stoned", the second version Firesign performed on December 17, 1967. It was missing the first minute and a half. No longer! That show likewise is now available on @archive.org : archive.org/details/ft-l...

Firesign Theatre "The Sword and the Stoned" (second version, truncated ending), live at the Magic Mushroom : Firesign Theatre : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

The Firesign Theatre's The Sword and the Stoned, performed live at the Magic Mushroom club (11345 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, CA) on 12/17/1967. This is the...

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As buyers of Live at the Magic Mushroom know, our reissue contained every Magic Mushroom play except "The Last Tunnel to Fresno", because no copy was known. YOU WILL NEVER GUESS what just showed up. archive.org/details/ft-l...

Firesign Theatre, The Last Tunnel to Fresno (Magic Mushroom play) : Firesign Theatre : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

The Last Tunnel to Fresno by the Firesign Theatre, performed live at the Magic Mushroom (11345 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, CA) on November 5 1967. From an...

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Celebrity to Catch a Predator

MGM letterhead logo from 1965. Taken from this classic "I, a powerful person, am completely useless"-type letter from the collection of Firesign's Phil Austin (we've all saved one of those!). Guy Green was a director, at the time lensing "A Patch of Blue" for MGM.

"Eggs to Market: The Story of Automated Egg Processing" (1964, Film Associates of California), featuring uncredited narration by our own David Ossman (who says "I think I did a half dozen voiceovers for these guys"): www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzRH...

Eggs To Market (1964)

YouTube video by A/V Geeks 16mm Films

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I wrote about the audiotape Allen Ginsberg used to compose his great Vietnam-War-and-media poem "Wichita Vortex Sutra" @firesigntheatre.bsky.social

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poetry and audiotape in the year of revolver and blonde on blonde

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It's Bandcamp Friday! Mising something from our shop? We deliver—everywhere! firesigntheatre.bandcamp.com

The Firesign Theatre

The Firesign Theatre emerged from Radio Free Oz, a Los Angeles underground radio program, in 1966. Over five decades they released over two dozen comedy albums and ten books of plays. Their album "Don...

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Featuring @vpmattsaxe.bsky.social as the 1960s version of Herschel F. Comedy-Hour, part of the multi-generational management team who managed our multi-generational comedy team. Herschel was most recently played by @firesigntheatre.bsky.social's own Phil Proctor. Mr. Beeper portrayed by Mike Shaver.

Dan and Jay's Comedy Hour@danandjay.com · last yr.

Where were YOU? 1968, "Happy Tidings of Joy and Christmas Wishes & More from Dan and Jay's Comedy Hour," fan club exclusive. Featuring Dabnish J. Germillingston ("Dan") & Jatem Q. Humm ("Jay"), as well as regulars Herschel F. Comedy-Hour and Mr. Beeper. #DJCH #History #Comedy #SyntheticCheese

Your reminder that Humboldt Fog cheese, Humboldt County, CA, the Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti),and the Humboldt Current that allows wine grapes to grow in Chile are all named for an 18th C gay scientist whose love letters were all burned and who left his entire estate to his “valet.” 🏳️‍🌈

The @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social had a long piece about Jeremy Braddock's book about the @firesigntheatre.bsky.social. Now available through @ucpress.bsky.social. Link in replies. We also released Firesign's double #LP for Dope Humor of the Seventies (scroll for image), available on our site now.

There’s a Seeker Born Every Minute | Los Angeles Review of Books

Colin Marshall reviews Jeremy Braddock’s “Firesign: The Electromagnetic History of Everything as Told on Nine Comedy Albums.”

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Now available on Bandcamp, a remastered, ultra-deluxe reissue of "Give Me Immortality or Give Me Death", the first salvo in Firesign's "We're Doomed" trilogy for Rhino in 1998. Bonus tracks! Fully restored audio! A PDF with too much in it! And CHEAP! firesigntheatre.bandcamp.com/album/give-m...

Give Me Immortality or Give Me Death, by The Firesign Theatre

43 track album

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I wrote about the greatest work of Firesign Theatre fan art and how it led, via the Situationist International, to the Church of the SubGenius. @subgenius.bsky.social @firesigntheatre.bsky.social @ucpress.bsky.social

Let's Visit the World of the Future

how the greatest work of Firesign fan art created the Church of the SubGenius

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"Tunnel Vision" (1976) coming to Blu-ray May 13: www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=35867 #LaughOrGetOffThePot

Tunnel Vision Collector's Edition Blu-ray

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A little #firesigntheatre #fanart for Martain Space Party I did for the All-Out Monster Revolt magazine a few years ago. Actually 2 1\2 posters. Probably one of my favorite shows cause it has a bit of everything. #Art #Dada #absurd #weirdart #assemblage #SurrealArt #popart #collageart #BlueSkyArt

Happy 88th birthday Firesign Theatre founding member David Ossman!

Ey you guys! Just at the age when you're looking for a cheap and exciting way to escape the insane idiots ruining everything? Get over onto Bandcamp where they can't find you! firesigntheatre.bandcamp.com

The Firesign Theatre

The Firesign Theatre emerged from Radio Free Oz, a Los Angeles underground radio program, in 1966. Over five decades they released over two dozen comedy albums and ten books of plays. Their album "Don...

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This Saturday from 11am-1pm PT, join host Erik Nelson for a freewheeling chat about the Firesign Theatre featuring author Jeremy Braddock and Firesign founding member Phil Proctor, livestreaming from Santa Cruz's community station KSQD: ksqd.org